Jan 20, 2025 · Section 1. Purpose. This Executive Order establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize ...

4 days ago · The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was created by Trump via an executive order on his first day back in office.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), [note 1] officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, formerly known as the United States Digital Service. [1] [2] Despite its name, DOGE is not a cabinet-level department of the United States government, which requires approval of the …

Jan 22, 2025 · The new Department of Government Efficiency, President Donald Trump’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending, has formally joined the government whose size it is supposed to help shrink.

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (E.O.) titled “Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’” (DOGE), which reorganized an entity in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the U.S. Digital Service, as the U.S. DOGE Service, using the same acronym as its predecessor...

Jan 15, 2025 · However, increasing government efficiency—or “reducing waste, fraud, and abuse,” in the traditional terminology—would not have a marked effect on federal deficits. Federal spending and revenue are now close to $7 trillion and $5 trillion, respectively, leaving a deficit of about $2 trillion. Holding federal debt equal to annual national ...

Jun 13, 2024 · GAO's 2024 annual report identifies 112 new matters for congressional consideration and recommendations to federal agencies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government. For example:

May 12, 2021 · Each year GAO reports on federal programs with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals or actions and ways to reduce costs or boost revenue. We testified that Congress and agencies could take 112 new actions to address these findings—like changing how agencies buy goods and services to save money.

Dec 11, 2024 · Government debt, already historically high, is set to explode to unprecedented levels on policy autopilot over the next three decades, risking some combination of high inflation, slower growth,...

6 days ago · The DOGE Acts coincide with President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to modernize federal technology and maximize government productivity. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Republicans have the opportunity to slash wasteful spending and rein in outsized bureaucracy,” said Senator Blackburn.